Embroidery-machine



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EMBROIDERY-MACHINE.'

' srncrFIcATroN 'forming part ,orv Letters Patent No. 294,499, datedMaren 4, .1884, Application ined December 3.1983. (No model.)

The objects of the improvements under consideration are to simplify theconstruction and to dispense with unnecessary parts in the manufact-ureof the machines.

My improvements consist in the combination of two parts provided withcoupling means, `as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

My improvements further consist in the combination of the two partsprovided with adj usting means, whereby the needle attached to one partand the spring attached to the other part can be relatively adjusted toeach other for increasing or decreasing the length of the loop duringthe process of embroidering.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofl my improved device.

Fig. 2represents a perspective view of the part or member carrying theneedle; and Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of the part ormembercarrying the flat spring.

In the annexed drawings, A B' represent two sections or members, formedwith suitable handles, by which they are manipulated. The bars G C ofthese sections are preferably made of malleable iron, while theextensions D D', forming the handles or grip portions, are preferablymade of wood or other soft material. The section-bar G is formed nearits upper end with an elongated slot, b, terminating at the upper endwith an enlargement or button-opening, c, and the lower end is formedwith a recess or groove, d, into which is tted,

the flat spring e, adjustably secured by means of the set-screw j',working in the slot f near the upper end of the spring e, as shown inFig. 3 of the drawings. The section bar C is formedat a suitable pointfrom its upper end Vwith thev headed stud h, to engage with the openingc and slot b'of the section-bar C for-a connection or union. This bar Cis also formed with an elongated slot, t', and recess or groove It,inwhich latter (k) the flat needle m is adjustably secured by means of aset-screw, n,

working in a slot, n', near the upper end of the fiat needle m, as shownin Fig. 2 of the drawings. This bar C is further provided on its outerside with an eye, g, for receiving and guiding the embroidery-yarn tothe needle. The needle and iiat spring are substantially of an oldconstruction, except the slots and setscrews for rendering themadjustable. The handles or grips of the sections are connected to theirrespective bars in any suitable man- 11er. The sections or members A andB, being constructed and arranged as described, are brought together byadjusting the headed stud of the section A i'nto the elongated slot b ofthe section B, and connecting the lower ends ofthe bars by means of ascrew passed through the slot t' and into one of the holes t" of thelbar C. The recesses d and It in the inner faces of the bars C and Gprevent any lateral. motion of the iiat spring e or the at needle m.

The necessary adjustments of `the needle and flat spring having beenmade for either a short or long embroidery loop, the parts are ready foroperation.` As the operation of this machine is substantially the sameas that set out in Patent No. 251,381, hereinbefore referred to, arepetition is not deemed necessary.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,isg- 1. As an improvement in embroideringmachines, the section A,provided with the bar C, formed with an elongated slot, b, andbuttonopening c and adjustable flat spring e, 'the section B, providedwith bar C', having headed stud h, elongated slot t', and adjust'- ableflat needle m, and a connecting-screw for coupling the lower ends of thebars O and C', substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In an embroidery-machine, the combination, with the needle-bar C',provided with a anged recess, k, in its inner face, at its lower end, inwhich the needle isseeul'ed, said nnges In testimony that I claim theforegoing as projecting above the needle, of the ba1C,hnv my own havehereto aixed my signature in ing the dat spring e, curved inwardly, sothat presence of two Witnesses..

it enters between the flanges 7;, whereby the JOSEPH L. PARKS. flatspring will beguided and lateral move- Vitnesses:

nient of the same prevented, substantially as NV. C. KELLEY,

specified. GEO. W. SHICK.

